Archive
20 Jul

Press councils’ choice: make big changes, or fade to black

Press councils across Canada are declining because they lack relevance, credibility and money, writes Brian Gabrial. Yet the need for a watchdog over journalism’s ethics has never been greater, and […]

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20 Jul

The journalist as citizen

Nevermind the citizen journalist with their smart phone reportage, Globe and Mail columnist Lisan Jutras writes about the encroaching era of the “journalist citizen” in the wake of a CNN […]

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20 Jul

Colons take over at alarming rate

An article on The Millions suggests that, far from becoming extinct, colons are running rampant thanks to a new use not found in any existing grammar books. The article begins […]

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15 Jul

‘Good enough’: the new standard in journalism?

An article on Follow The Media explores the role of news agencies like Reuters and AP. Is the expense worth the membership? The writer suggests that “good enough” is the […]

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14 Jul

Worried about Fox News North? You shouldn’t be

In a column for the Globe and Mail, Jeffrey Simpson writes about the so-called “liberal media tilt”, Sun TV’s quest for favoured cable placement and why it doesn’t matter. Simpson […]

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13 Jul

The conduct of public inquiries

Whether its about G20, Air India or Mulroney-Schreiber, good, bad or indifferent public inquiries make news and reporters are sent to cover them, Peter Rehak writes. Yet, relatively little has […]

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13 Jul

Canadian Press goes private: analysis

The sale of the non-profit Canadian Press to a trio of private companies may give the news service a much-needed influx of money to back its cutting-edge approach to news, […]

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12 Jul

Globe profiles Sun TV’s Kory Teneycke

Former Harper spokesman and now Quebecor’s VP of business development, Kory Teneycke is an “unlikely media mogul with little direct experience in broadcasting”, The Globe and Mail reports.In an article […]

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12 Jul

Role of social media in news laid bare during G20

An excellent analysis of the role of social media in news coverage is presented by Antonia Zerbisias in the Toronto Star on July 11. She aptly describes how Twitter became […]

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8 Jul

ESPN gets LeBron exclusive, sacrifices control over ads and news

Basketball superstar LeBron James has given ESPN the exclusive when he announces the team he’s chosen to play for, on the condition that he choose the interviewer and all ad […]

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